Odonata

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TranslingualEdit

Megalagrion leptodemas (crimson Hawaiian damselfly)

EtymologyEdit

From Ancient Greek ὀδούς (odoús, “tooth”); apparently because they have teeth on their mandibles, although most insects have toothed mandibles, +‎ -ata.

Proper nounEdit

Odonata

1. A taxonomic order within the subclass Pterygota – the dragonflies and damselflies.

HypernymsEdit

• (order): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota, Odonatoptera, Holodonata - clades

HyponymsEdit

• (order): Epiprocta (dragonflies and infraorder Epiophlebioptera), Zygoptera (damselflies) (suborders)
  • Archizygoptera (clade)
  • Permagrionoidea (extinct superfamily, incertae sedis)

ReferencesEdit

• Ruggiero MA, Gordon DP, Orrell TM, Bailly N, Bourgoin T, Brusca RC, et al. (2015) A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0119248. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0119248. pmid:25923521

Further readingEdit

• Odonata on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Odonata on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Odonata on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Odonata on Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Odonata at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Odonata at Encyclopedia of Life
• Odonata at Fossilworks